I don’t want you to think I am photocopying my column for this week, but I kind of am.
Last year at this time I had come up with what I was calling my Luverne Bucket List. Simply put, the aforementioned bucket list included things I challenged myself to do in 2020 right here in Luverne.
Well, as you can imagine, COVID-19 shot a bunch of holes in my bucket.
What you’re about to read is my 2020 bucket list and how I fared in checking off the list.
First on the list was to wash a load of clothes at The Laundry Room Laundromat. I did accomplish this with a load of towels.
Second on the list was to get at least one haircut in a minimum of five different salons in Luverne throughout the year.
Well, the governor’s early COVID-19 shutdown closed the salons for the better part of three months, and when they were allowed to open, it was under restrictions. I was only able to get to one salon.
Third was to actually swim in The Lake. I did get this done, albeit it was more like wading than swimming, but I am counting it.
Fourth on the list was to attend a school board meeting. I blew this by not attending a meeting on Zoom that would have been so easy, but it is still on the list.
No. 5 was to attend at least one of these three events: a Cardinal girls’ basketball game, a Cardinal wrestling meet, or a Cardinal gymnastics meet. I did make it to a girls’ basketball game before the governor shut down school sports.
Sixth on the list was to go to a movie at the Palace Theatre. Again COVID-19 and the governor put a halt to this one as well.
No. 7 was to drink a glass of clean water at Blue Mounds State Park. It didn’t happen, but maybe in 2021.
The eighth entry on my Bucket List was a little out of my character, but I was willing to try to attend at least one Sunday service (weddings and funerals don’t count) in each of 12 local churches over the 12 months of 2020.
Well, you guessed it. COVID-19 and the governor didn’t help on this one either.
So I am asking for a do-over for 2021, if that’s OK with you.